Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-13
MORE TINE WANTED.
WILLIE CLUvERIUs PETITIONS THE
EXECUTIVE FOR FURTHER
REPRIEVE.
Sixty Dsys Asked For-Eo Intimation
Given Of What the Gov
ernGr Will Do.

Cluycrius looked pale and hagglrd when
he arose yesterday morning, and he looked
as IL he had lost sleep. After drcssiBg
himself he read his Bible for awhile.
The weather having moderated conside-
rably, the condemned man thought hi.
parents would come; but they did not
arrive yesterday.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Walker, OF
Walkerton, in King and Queen county.
called on the Governor at The request, he
said, Of The prisoner, and asked bis Excel.
lency to reprieye Cluyerus until the Legis-
lature met in order 10 give that body an op-
pOrtunity TO pass law something like the
following:
BE IL enacted by he Generai assembly Of
Vrginid, That in all cases Of felony, the
punishment OF which is death, the verdict
and iudgmC Mt may be set aside by the court
and q new trial granted at any time before
the final execution Of the sentence. upon
motion 10 the court showing cause, DC, &c.
INTERVIEW WITH THE PRISONERS BROTHER.
A reporter Of the Dispatch held the fol
towing interview with Willie Cluyerius
yesterdays
Reporter: " see that some Of the paper.
mention that a report Is in circulation to
the effect that your brother has made a con-
iessiOn. Is it truel"
NO, sir; it is not. ! read In some Of
The paper that report was in circulation
IN relation TO a confession on the part Oi
my brother, and that he had leii
blank chapter in bis book, which
win be ready for publication in div
or two. Also, that he had given 10 a0
intimate friend r sealed envelope which
contained some written matter 10 be in
serted in the book after bis death in tn
blank chapter, and that the clu.e Of 10,
being withheld from the public + that the
book may find q reader sale. ! wish yOu
would say that most positively deny that
he has left any blank chapter in his book. or
that be- has delivered 10 any one sealed
envelope, or that be has ever thought Of
such thing. think it hard that such %
report should be circulated"
"Won't your brother make confes.
sionY"
My dear sir, he has none other to make
than what he has publicly stated hereto
FORE
"IIaye your parents arriycd:"
"No."
"WhCn do you expect thcm?"
Il do not see how they can get here.
The health Of both OF them is too bad and
they are TOO feeble 10 venture out In such
weather lam afraid that # they were 10
come over that il would cndaugcr their
lives"
GLOW is your brother to-day
Tile same, / thank you."
"IIqye any friends called tRscc him t..
day"
Yes, sir; Or. Hatcher was with him an
hour or more during The morning. Rev.
Mr.. ClcptOn also called. This afternoon Mr..
FIank Cunningham and several friend.
came They sung several hymns for m,
brother. Rev. Mr.. King, Of the Friends
determination, was present and prayed
AREsPITE ASKED.
Late Yesterday evening Mr. Beverley r
Cump called on Governor lee and pre-
scntcd the following petition for further
respite:
10 lis ETceiency GorcrHOr Fitzhugh Lee:
venture 10 address your EXcclCncy IN
order TO make an appeal for further re-
spite ior my brother, T. J. Cluyeriu-
whose case has already received attention
from the Executive. This application i,
based partly upon facts that have becom.
known since the case was Inst before the
Executive, and ~ YOU have patiently cX-
ahmed the matter already, / will do DO
more than state thee additional fict-,
trusting that proper weight will Dee given
them.
II is made known by Mr.. John :. Dod-
son, proprietor Of the Amcric al Hotel, thl'
the deceased girl was out OF the hotel after
dinner on the 18th OF March, and the period
Of tins absence from the hotel was some
two houTs or more, she returning after =
O'Clock. II is conceded that during this
time ny brother could not have been seen
by her. Who was she with; She must
have been with persons with whom she
came 10 some understanding a, 10
where She would stay, because, at.
ter her return TO the hotel, She
went out again about g, taking with her
everything she had. thus cylncing her IN.
tcnti0n not 10 return. Did she return
In this connection attention is called 10
the statement OF Mr.. ChileS, who explains
The hitherto mysterious testimony about
(" the old man, upon which her return to
the hotel at O'Clock was founded. II /,
certain that Mr.. Chics conducted YOuug
woman 10 the American Hotel on the night
Of the 18th. Nav 1t not be said that il J.,
Cqually established that the negroes testi-
fying about the cold man" cOnfoundeG
the occurrence OF the night Of the l2th
With The 18Th?
loUr attention Is further called 20 the
statements 81 the Coroner % Richmond city
that he slw no signs oi a scullle on the en-.
banhmcnt of the re, ery0Ir. and he was the
only person who examined with any de-
gree Oi scrutiny the condition Of the foot.
prints on the cmbankmcnl. The footprints
were all those Of person wearing ,mal'
shoes except one. There were no
indications Of Scuilling between two
persons. Il is bcheYed that the
Coroner viii make the further statement
that there ws> 10 difficulty in the uufortu-
uate girls getting over tue ience at the
reservoir. The bearing Of these facts arc
obvious and need not be further pointed
Out.
Since the action oi the court, on my
brothers ease We have learned that your
EXcell,Dcy has had he watch key claimed
to have been found near the reservoir
OPENED by Hermann joel. desire t0 lay
before YOU additional evidence a. To the nm
II the witness Joel. l also
call YOUR attention TO the fact that before
he testified in court he stated TO a reliable
citizen OF this city that he did not know
what he would find in the key. Your at
tcDti0n i also called 10 the fact that the
most intimate friend Of Miss Madison saw
her with brass or gold hey Of small size
the day before Size lett Bath county. Thi,
friend was Miss Ella keuney. and it is
significant thai tms small key seen by her
has rot been found among Miss Madison
Ell, cts. What more likely than that, having |
il before her when about 10 start upon her
Journey. she should Use il in some manner
a. an ornament.
My brothers statement, made when bi, |
ease was lat before you, has been since |
borne out in two uarticulars--in one by !
Mr.. Harrison, who telegraphed to friend |
in this city that he had seen the Statement, |
and its reference 10 his being with my |
brother was correct; in another los |
MIR. Flegenheimer, who was in March |
1888, mOnty-OrCer clerk in the post |
office here. lie states that my brother, |
whom be had known at Richmond |
College. was in The post-Ofiice in the fore
noon. certainly before O'Clock, aud |
wished 10 get money order for AyletpS.
which was, however, not mOney-order |
I an, O.. laIaIV infnrual that Il